But man, back then I was convinced I was the only kid who was screwed up enough to be drawing pictures and playing Tiddly Winks with a nimrod who had elbow patches on his corduroy sport coat.
Rather than refuse it, they have tended to pocket the fees while drawing up contracts designed to limit their own legal liability if trouble hits.
Speaking to the Daily Telegraph, Dr Williams also revealed that the Church was drawing up plans to appoint a presidential figure to share some of the burden of running the worldwide Anglican communion.
Definitely a good time to be a corporate lawyer drawing up litigation-proof structures to hold foreign assets.
Heavyweight UK broadcast pundits ended up drawing lots to decide who should ask questions at the end.
And they are determined, says Mr Keating, to use their influence when it comes to drawing up the party's election manifesto.
They are understood to be drawing up creative plans ranging from cheap and basic warehouses for low-cost carriers such as easyJet to luxurious lounges aimed at winning the hearts of frequent-flying businessmen.
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In order to speed things up, there has been talk of drawing up a list of what Unscom needs in order to wrap up its inspections.
Mr Habibie's administration has tried to discourage separatism by drawing up a new law which devolves more power to the provinces.
Their mission is to come up with a way to get ideas from the drawing board to the manufacturing floor to the marketplace as swiftly as possible, which will help create quality jobs, and make our businesses more competitive.
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Even Clear Channel is keeping Google on a tight leash, initially allowing the company access to less than 5% of its total ad inventory and drawing up what essentially amounts to a black list of existing advertisers that Google is prohibited from contacting.
Local health boards have been drawing up plans to change the way services are delivered.
He's also drawing up plans to ask companies to allow employees to contribute by payroll deduction to any Giving Back subaccount.
Authorities are also drawing up legislation to establish an independent body that will monitor logging, possibly in conjunction with non-governmental groups.
There is some talk in Washington of drawing up legislation to ban investment banks from publishing research, which would certainly remove that conflict of interest.
Meanwhile a cross-party group, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, is drawing up legislation to replace the existing House of Lords with a mainly elected second chamber.
Earlier this month Ken Clarke told the Conservative Party conference that the government was drawing up policies to "resolve public doubts on the law of self defence by victims of crime".
The markets are dynamic, and we have to be aware that just by drawing up some pretty charts, one cannot compel prices to stop at desired levels.
Dr Byron also wants the government to set up a UK Council for Child Internet Safety that will report to the Prime Minister and be charged with drawing up a national strategy for online safety.
Mr Odinga's Oranges have tried to curry favour with the public by calling for a trimmed-down cabinet, but seem to have been just as complicit in drawing up a bloated list of 40 ministries that was close to being agreed upon.
It is shaping up to be a fierce competition, drawing in such seasoned military-radio players as Exelis, Harris and Northrop Grumman.
Transitional arrangements might have to be made to ease the discrepancy, but they could require the one thing that ministers strove to avoid in drawing up their plans: extra money.
The book's messages are common sense--try "seeing things from a different perspective, " be more "original in your approach to leadership"--but the hope is that drawing comparisons to a stand-up comedian can help leaders approach their work more creatively and, of course, with some humor.
In early June Barclays was reportedly drawing up contingency plans to restructure its all-paper offer for ABN Amro with a "significant" sweetener, effectively reducing the shares it would issue for the Dutch bank and replacing them with cash. (See: "Barclays Gets Creative") All-share bids are less favorable than cash offers because their value can be volatile.
During a lunch break he told Murren to set up an easel with the drawing for CityCenter.
They want to sell more abroad to make up for consumers at home drawing in their horns.
From the early days of printing the church had tried to censor books, drawing up an index of forbidden ones.
"I don't think anybody knows, " he told the BBC, adding that more work had to be done on drawing up a robust figure.
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The World Trade Organisation has been drawing up a draft plan to let developing countries override patent laws and import cheap generic drugs.
They called for Natural England - the government's conservation agency drawing up the plans - to be given power to award compensation to owners who demonstrate they will lose out financially from the scheme.
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